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L'Allegro by Thomas Cole. L'Allegro is a pastoral poem by John Milton published in his 1645 Poems. L'Allegro (which means "the happy man" in Italian) has from its first appearance been paired with the contrasting pastoral poem, Il Penseroso ("the melancholy man"), which depicts a similar day spent in contemplation and thought.
Handel composed the work over the period of 19 January to 4 February 1740, [1] and it was premiered on 27 February 1740 at the Royal Theatre of Lincoln's Inn Fields.At the urging of one of Handel's librettists, Charles Jennens, Milton's two poems, "L'Allegro" and "il Penseroso", were arranged by James Harris, [2] [3] interleaving them to create dramatic tension between the personified ...
Allegro: joyful; lively and fast: Joyful; moderately fast tempo Allegretto: a little bit joyful: Slightly less joyful than allegro (so slightly slower tempo) Andante: walking: At a walking pace; flowing; moderately slow tempo Andantino: a little bit walking: Less of a walking pace than andante (so slightly quicker) A tempo: to time: Return to ...
Many tempo markings also indicate mood and expression. For example, presto and allegro both indicate a speedy execution (presto being faster), but allegro also connotes joy (from its original meaning in Italian). Presto, on the other hand, simply indicates speed. Additional Italian words also indicate tempo and mood.
Il Penseroso by Thomas Cole. Il Penseroso ("the thinker") is a poem by John Milton, first found in the 1645/1646 quarto of verses The Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, published by Humphrey Moseley.
Rather, somewhat (e.g. allegro piuttosto presto) pizzicato Pinched, plucked (i.e. in music for bowed strings, plucked with the fingers as opposed to played with the bow; compare arco , which is inserted to cancel a pizzicato instruction; in music for guitar, to mute the strings by resting the palm on the bridge , simulating the sound of pizz ...
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Allegro non troppo is a 1976 Italian animated film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. Featuring six pieces of classical music, the film is a parody of Walt Disney's 1940 feature film Fantasia, two of its segments being derived from the earlier film. [3] The classical pieces are set to color animation, ranging from comedy to deep tragedy. [4]